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Khat in Kenya: why efforts to ban this popular stimulant are unlikely to work

Khat – the stimulant leaves and twigs of the plant Catha edulis – seemed to have secure legal status in Kenya despite being illegal elsewhere. It had been declared an official cash crop in 2016, and efforts were under way to formalise its mostly informal production and trade.

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The Latest | Armenia recognizes a Palestinian state, and Israel summons its ambassador

The U.S. military says a floating pier it built in Gaza has been reattached to the shore and is unloading humanitarian aid again

The Independent UK

Darfur sees an increase in much needed food aid, but it’s still not enough to avert famine, UN says

The U.N.'s food agency says families in Sudan’s embattled western Darfur region have received an emergency increase in food aid that is needed to help avert looming famine

The Independent UK

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UK parties ignoring food shortage risks, say farming and retail bodies

NFU and the BRC write to Tories, Labour and Lib Dems over lack of focus on food security in campaigns

The Guardian - UK

UN urges swift action to help millions of displaced people across Africa

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has warned that without concerted peace efforts in war-torn Sudan, people will continue to flee to neighbouring countries. Filippo Grandi's comments came ahead of World Refugee Day Thursday, when he highlighted the desperate plight of millions of refugees and internally displaced people across Africa.

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The Latest | US-built pier in Gaza up and running again after setbacks

The U.S. military-built pier in Gaza is up and running again after being detached for a second time last week because of rough seas, according to Cyprus officials Thursday

The Independent UK

Sudan’s RSF captures key army stronghold of el-Fula

Capture of el-Fula deepens humanitarian crisis, as charity MSF slams ‘deeply inadequate’ response to war.

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Thousands Of Young Kenyans Protest Tax Hikes

Thousands of mostly young demonstrators took to the streets across Kenya on Thursday to protest tax hikes, blowing whistles and chanting slogans in a vivid show of anger by Gen-Z protesters against the government.

International Business Times

Sudan One Of World's 'Worst Crises' In Decades: Medical Charity

The ongoing civil war in Sudan has provoked one of the world's worst humanitarian crises in decades, the international chief of the medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Thursday.

International Business Times

Tensions bubble as Sudanese refugees feel resentment from Chadian hosts

Some 600,000 Sudanese are seeking safety in Chad, but host communities are blaming them for using up scarce resources.

Al Jazeera

Canada’s family-based immigration program for Sudanese fleeing war is too little, too late

Sudan’s civil war has forcibly displaced more than 9.2 million people since it began in April 2023. This represents not only the largest internal displacement situation globally, it’s also a growing humanitarian emergency affecting 25 million people.

The Conversation

Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘intentional attack on civilians’: UN inquiry

New report says Israeli military and Palestinian groups committed war crimes and rights abuses since October 7.

Al Jazeera

Civil war in Sudan takes centre stage at UN

UN report from January cited ‘credible’ evidence outside forces may be arming paramilitary.

Al Jazeera

EU-funded Egyptian forces ‘rounding up and deporting Sudanese refugees’

Egypt forcibly returned 800 Sudanese detainees in first three months of this year, Amnesty International reports

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Sudan accuses UAE of fueling war with weapons to paramilitary rivals. UAE calls claim `ludicrous'

The Sudanese government is accusing the United Arab Emirates of fueling the 14-month war in the African country by providing weapons to a rival paramilitary force

International Business Times

Kenya Police Arrest Demonstrators As Hundreds Protest New Tax Hikes

Kenyan police fired tear gas and arrested at least a dozen demonstrators Tuesday as hundreds of people gathered near parliament to protest tax hikes, according to AFP journalists at the scene.

Al Jazeera

Starving to death is as scary as the war for Sudanese refugees in Chad

The looming famine in Sudan is pushing thousands of civilians from Darfur to flee to Chad, say refugees and aid groups.

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: How millions are living through Sudan’s ‘harrowing’ humanitarian crisis

In today’s newsletter: The war has devastated Sudan, destroying much of the country and leaving 18 million facing acute hunger

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The Independent UK

In Burundi, shortages and power cuts slow a return from international isolation

Burundi seems to be running short of everything but patience

Latin Times

Children now comprise a sizable portion of armed organizations sowing chaos in Haiti

A local outlet detailed the stories of some who ended up in such situations

The Independent UK

Malawi's vice president laid to rest as president calls for an independent probe into his death

Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima has been laid to rest in his village south of the capital following a funeral where President Lazarus Chakwera called for an independent probe into his death in a plane crash

The Guardian - UK

‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan facing world’s deadliest famine in 40 years

Millions face disaster as Sudanese army and RSF accused of using food access as a weapon in on-going war

The Guardian - UK

Teachers and GPs ‘staggering’ under extra demands caused by poverty in Great Britain

Schools and health services forced to offer crisis help in the form of food, clothing, money and advice

International Business Times

Rare Day Of Relative Calm As Gaza Sees 'Tactical Pause' For Aid

Gaza saw its first day of relative calm in months Sunday, after Israel's military said it would "pause" fighting daily around a southern route to facilitate aid flows, following repeated UN warnings of famine in the Palestinian territory.

The Independent UK

‘He looked like a starving dog on the floor’: Prisoner trapped on indefinite jail term driven to hunger strike

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Yusuf Ali was handed a three-year tariff but has lost hope of freedom after serving almost 16 years, Amy-Clare Martin writes

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